Popcorn-fritter machine.



No. 684,!38. v Patented Oct. 8, |901.

W. W. TURNBULL.

PUPCDBN FRITTEB MACHINE.

(Application led Mat. 25, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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WERD w. TURNEULL,

OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

POPCORN-FRITTER MACHINEl SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,138, taten octobr s, 1901.

Application inea 'March 25, 1899.

To all whom it 71mg concern-,f

Be it known that I, WERD W. TURNBULL, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Popcorn-Fritter Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of popcorn-fritter machines: and the objects of my invention are to provide an improved construction of popcorn-frittermaking machine and to provide in conjunction therewith an improved supporting-table therefor and to produce other improvements in details of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully pointed out hereinafter. These objects I accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective of myimproved fritter-making machine and supporting-table. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the mold-frame. Fig. 3 is a similar View taken through one row of plungers which I employ in the manner hereinafter described, and Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective of an angular follower which I employ in the manner hereinafter described.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In carrying out my invention I employ a supporting-frame which is in the form of an oblong table 1, said table-top being provided with longitudinal raised side boards 2 and at one end with aV corresponding raised end board 3. To the remaining end of the table I hinge or otherwise secure a table-top extension et, the raised and preferably inclined side boards of the latter meeting and forming a continuation of the side boards 2 ofthe tablebody.

Depending from an opening through the table-top, inA what we will term the inner end portion of the table, is a cylindrical reservoir or casing 5, the latter preferably consisting of an inner and outer casing section suiciently separated to form a waterspace at 5tL between said sections. The upper open end of the inner section is adapted to be closed by a snit-able hinged cover-plate G. The depending casing or reservoir thus formed is adapted to form a receptacle for serai No. 710,420. ou man.)

the material from which the fritters are to be made. Toward the outer end portion of the table I provide on 'the upper and adjacent to the rear side thereof two parallel and upwardly-projecting hinge-blocks 7, the latter having hinged to their upper and forward portions one edge of a plunger-carrying plate 8, said plate being provided, as indicated in the drawings, with parallel rows of projecting plungers 9, which may be of any desired number and the outer portion of each of which is in the forin of a disk, as shown. The rear side of the plate 8 has connected therewith and extending outwardly therefrom a suitable lever or handle 10. Il represents a mold or bed plate the rear sides of which opposite its end portions are provided with rearwardlyextending arms 12, the rear end portions of the latter being slotted, said slots having projecting therethrough the ends of hinge or pivot pins 13,which project laterally from the rear portions of the blocks 7. As indicated at 14, the mold or bed plate is provided with parallel rows of openings, which conform in arrangement with and are adapted to receive the heads of the plungers 9 when the plate S is forced forward and downward'. The body ofthe mold-plate 11 rests, as shown, upon the table-top between the front side board 2 ar the blocks 7, said mold being preferably provided with a central projecting hand-lug 15, which projects through a notch or recess in the forward side board. Between the body of the mold-plate and forward sides of the blocks 7 I provide a suitable guide-bar 16.

17 represents an angular follower the front arm of which normally lies longitudinally on the upper surface of the table-top and adj oining the forward side board 2, said followerarm being provided with an upwardly-projectin g finger-piece 17 a, while the rearwardlyextending arm of -said follower extends between said forward side board and the guidebar 16 at a point on the inner side of the moldplate 11.

In utilizing my improved fritter-making machine the mold openings or sockets 14 are iirst properly filled with material taken from the receptacle 5, after which the plunger- ,plate is moved forward and downward, its

plunger-head being pressed against the material contained in the mold-plate openings.

An upward swinging movement of the moldplate, together with a continued downward pressure of the plunger-plate, must result, as will readily be seen, in the molded cakes or fritters being forced entirely out of the moldplate and onto the table-top. The fritters thus formed may now be readily moved onto the table extension 4 by sliding the follower 17 toward said extension until the fritters have been moved onto the same.

Owing to the fact that the rearwardly-extending arms of the mold-plate are pivoted or hinged to the blocks 7 through slotted openings in said arms it will readily be seen that said mold-plate will be permitted that slight backward or forward movement which may be occasioned b y the plungers entering the mold sockets or being withdrawn therefrom.

From the above-described construction and operation it will be seen that an exceedingly convenient, reliable, and effective device is provided whereby the production of popcorn-fritters of uniform sizes and appearance may be rapidly accomplished.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a popcorn-fritter machine, the combination with a supportingframework,hinge blocks supported in said frame and a plunger-carrying plate hinged to said blocks, of a fulcrumed or hinged mold-plate provided with mold-openings therethrough adapted to receive said plungers, said mold-plate being fulcrumed at such points as to permit of its describing substantially the same arc as that of the plunger-plate, substantially as specied. t

2. In a popcorn-fritter machine, the Vcombination with a table provided with a section 4 extended beyond one end of said table-V body, a` mixture-receptacle depending from said table and a follower movably supported on said table, of a mold-plate having rearwardly-extending fulcrumed arms and provided with mold-openings and a plunger-car- Y rying plate, the latter being so hinged as to cause its plungers to enter the mold-plate 'Y openings when thrown forwardly, substantially as specilied. Y

3. In a popcorn-fritter machine, thecombination with a su pporting-framework,hinge blocks rising therefrom and a plunger-carrying plate having` one side hinged on said blocks, of a mold-plate having mold-openings therein and adapted to rest on said table-top, Y

said mold-plate having rearwardly-extending arms which are fulor'umed at points below and in rear of the hinge-points of said plunger-plate, said mold-plate being capable of a slight backward and forward sliding movey ment, substantially as specified.

VERD XV. TURNBULL.

In presence of- C. C. SHEPHERD, W. L. MoRRow. 

